These papers consist of a letter from Leland Stanford (on U.S. Senate letterhead), 1892; a telegram from Jane L. Stanford,
March 1896, thanking Osborne for his loyalty to Leland Stanford; a letter from David Starr Jordan about the Dept. of Mining
at Stanford, 1899, with a mention of the success of Herbert C. Hoover (an early graduate of the Dept.); and a letter from
John C. Branner, 1921, commenting on an article by Osborne and his opinion on Japan.

Background

Henry Zenas Osborne was editor of the Los Angeles Evening Express and California state representative from 1917 until his
death in 1923.